Wall clip



Se t. 26, 1933- .1. w. PEARCE,

WALL CLIP Filed Feb. 29, 1932 nl w lfl m n r 3 kg m n 6 o y, I} if J J 1m 2%. lu.n m 1 J w 0T?" m M 4 Patented Sept. 26, 1933 UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE WALL our Application February 29, 1932. Serial No. 595,683

4 Claims. (01. 72-115) This invention relates to improvements in wallclips and it consists of the matters hereinafter described and moreparticularly pointed out in the appended claims.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide a simple andefiicient clip for use in connection with furring bars of a buildingwall, to support certain wall panel receiving devices in a positionspaced from, said bars.

A further object of the invention is to provide a clip of this kindwhich can be made from strip metal without waste and which is formed atone end with a laterally opening recess for operative engagement with anassociated furring' bar and which is provided at theother end With partsarranged for engagement with certain membersof channel-like crosssection in which marginal parts of panel-like wall elements are held toprovide a part of the finished wall.

The above mentioned objects of the invention,

as well as others, together with the many advantages thereof, will morefully appear as I proceed with my specification.

In the drawing:--- v Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view through ahollow wall in which clips embodying the preferred form of my inventionare employed.

Fig. 2 is ahorizontal sectional viewthrough the same astaken on the line2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is adetail perspective view-n an enlarged scale and illustratesthe manner of spacing the binder bars from the furring bars by means ofmy novel clip.

Fig. 4 isa plan view of a blank from which the clip or bracket shown inFigs. 1, 2 and 3, is made.

In general, my improved clip comprises a strip of sheet metal having alaterally opening recess in one end adapted to practically surround afurring bar with which the clip is used, a part of said clip adjacentsaid recess being formed to provide a tongue or finger which may be bentinto attaching relation with a part of the furring bar and other partsof said clips adjacent said recess being formed to provide reinf rcingflanges.

The other end of said clip is for ed to provide longitudinally spacedright angle tongues or fingers for engagement with a wall panelreceiving element which is held in the desired spaced relation withrespect to said bar by said clip.

Referring now in detail to that embodiment of the invention, illustratedin the accompanying drawing: 1 indicates a floor or the like, whichprovides a footing upon which a wall 2 is erected.

- Said wall in this instance includes a plurality of perpendicularlydisposed furring bars 3 aligned but spaced the desired distance apart inthe plane of the wall. Each furring bar is secured to not only the floor1 or footing in any suitable manner, but is also secured to certainceiling parts (not shown) in any approved manner. Preferably, and asherein shown, each furring bar is in the form of a channel arranged withits web extending transversely of the wall.

Associated with each furring bar and vertically spaced thereon, is aplurality of clips or brackets 4 embodying my invention and one of whichis best shown in Fig.3. One end of each clip is formed for attachmentwith the associated furring bar, while the other end is adapted foroperative engagement with certain horizontally disposed binder barsforming a part of the side of the finished wall, to hold said binderbars in laterally spaced relation with respect to the furring bars.

Said clip is made from a blank 5 of sheet metal of the desired lengthand thickness and which blank is shown in Fig. 4. Said strip is slitlongitudinally at each end as at 6 and '7 respectively, along its medianline, to there provide a pair of tongues or fingers 8, 9, 10 and 11respectively. In one side of that end of the blank 5 associated with thetongues or fingers 10--11 is formed a transverse slit 12 and this slitwhile it terminates at its inner end in the plane of the slits 6 and 7,is spaced from the inner end of the slit 7, a distance equalling thewidth of the furring bar or channel with which it is to be used.

Informing the clip from the blank described, the finger 8 is bentdownwardly at a right angle about a fold line. 13 disposed in the planeof the inner end of the slit 6 while the finger 9 has its extremity bentdown at a right angle to forma hook 14. The finger 11 and that part 11aof the blank between it and the slit 12 is bent downwardly at a rightangle along a fold line 15 which is disposed in the plane of the slit 7and then said finger 11 is bent forwardly about a transverse fold as awhole. Thereafter the finger 10 is bent downwardly at a right angleabout a fold line 17 which is coincident with the fold line 16.

After the blank has been folded as described, a clip or bracket isprovided having a recess in its side at one end which will receive afurring bar 3 and which recess is of a depth approximating the depth ofthe flanges of said bar as best shown in Fig. 3. When the clip isapplied to the bar, the back of the web of said bar is engaged with thepart 11a of the clip after which the end of the finger 11 is bent toprovide a hook .18 that clinches over the edge of the associated flangeof the furring bar as best shown in said proved clip, I secure to thefloor or footing 1 in a line parallel with but spaced from the furringbars the proper distance, an upwardly facing channel-like edge binderbar including a base 19 and spaced flanges 20-20. A sheet of plaster orother wall board 21 is disposed with its bottom margin in said binderbar. I then take a reinforcing bar 22 which as best shown in Fig. 3,includes a base 23 and reversely facing loops 24 along each side margininstead of one finger or loop facing in one direction only, and engagethe finger 9 of a clip 4 upon the top of said base with the hook 14engaging one edge thereof and with the shoulder as formed by the finger8 engaging the other edge of the base as bestshown in Fig. 3. Thereafterthe clip and the binder bar may he slid down the furring bar so that theloops 24 on the reinforcing bar will receive the top margins of the wallboard sheet 21.

Thereafter, another wall board sheet 21a is engaged with its bottommargin disposed upon the base 23 between the loops 24 on the top of thebase 23 thereof and this will hold the fingers 9 of the clips 4 inplaceand then the top margin of said second sheet 21a is engaged in thenext binder bar 22 above. This operation is carried on until the desiredheight of the wall is reached and. which, of course, terminates at theceiling, 35

before mentioned.

Expanded metal, fabricated lath or other plaster supporting base 25 isthen applied to the furring bars and is preferably bound in place bywires 26. If desired, plaster board maybe used as the plaster base forthis side of the wall, in connection with binder bars 22 employed at themargins thereof for holding them inoperative edge to edge engagement andwhich binder bars may'betied in any suitable manner to the furring bars.Thereafter the plaster 27 is applied to said lath to form one side ofthe wall and then plaster 28 is applied to the exposed faces of thesheets 21-21a. This plaster encloses those loops 24 engaged with saidfaces of said sheets and said loops then act to reinforce the 'jointsbetween them. Furthermore, such plaster also acts to more securely tiethe fingers 6 and 7 to the reinforcing bars.

From the above, it is apparent thatI am able to produce a wall includingbut aboutone-half the number of furring bars as necessary in walls ofthis kind, as heretofore made, because one sideof the finished wall ishung upon said bars and the other side is held in spaced relation by myimproved spacing clips or brackets mentioned.

Such a structure is light in weight and is hollow not only forinsulating purpose but also to conceal such wiring and conduits as arerequired and which may rest directly upon said clips or brackets. Such awall may be quickly erected at a low cost and as it contains nocombustible material, it is absolutely fireproof.

While in describing the invention, I have referred in detail to theform, arrangement and construction of the improved clip as well as theparts with which it is associated in erecting a building wall, the sameis to be considered only as illustrative and I do not wish to be limitedthereto except as may be specifically set forth in the appended claims.

I claim as my invention:-

1. A clip of the kind described, formed at one end with a recess in oneside and there having a finger bendable over toward said recess andbeing split longitudinally at its other end to provide fingers, one ofwhich is formed to provide a hook at its end and the other of which isbent at sub stantially a right angle to the clip to provide a shoulderspaced longitudinally from said hook.

2. A clip of the kind described comprising a body having a recess in oneend of one side thereof, said recess being defined along its back andone end by a flange disposed at a right angle to said body, the otherend of said body being split longitudinally to provide fingers, one ofwhich terminates in a hook and the other of which is bent to provide ashoulder spaced from and parallel with the hook.

3. A clip of the kind described comprising a substantially flat bodyhaving a recess in one end of one side thereof, a part of said recessbeing defined by a flange extending downwardly from the plane of thebody and another part of said recess being defined by a flange extendinglaterally of said body toward one edge and of a length greater than thedepth of said recess the other end of said body being splitlongitudinally to provide fingers, one of which extends in a plane at aright angle to the body and the other of which projects beyond the planeof the first mentioned one and terminates in a hook flange.

4. A clip of the kind described embodying therein a substantially fiatbody having a recess in one end of one side thereof, the inner part ofsaid recess being defined by a downwardly bent flange and an end part ofsaid recess being defined by a laterally bent flange, there being athird and downwardly bent flange at the recessed end of the body, all ofsaid flanges being arranged at a right angle to the body and to eachother, the other end of said body being split longitudinally to providea downwardly bent finger and a second finger extending beyond the sameand terminating in a downwardly bent hook flange.

JAMES W. PEARCE.

